WEBVTT >> GRANDPARENTS ARE ALL YOU GOT.THEY PICK UP THE PHONE TO SAY TOCOME.YOU COME. . NATHAN WIMBROW ANDMICHAEL WILLIAMS HELD THESE FOURMEN AT GUN POINT MONDAY NIGHTAFTER THAT PHONE CALL.>> IT'S JUST WHAT YOU DO FORTHOSE WHO YOU REALLY LOVE ORLIKE. . WILLIAMS IS TALKINGABOUT HIS NEIGHBORS WHO ARE WELLINTO THEIR 80'S.THE COUPLE DIDN'T WANT TO BEIDENTIFIED FOR SAFETY REASONS BUT THE INCIDENT REPORT SHOWSTHAT THESE MEN WENT INTO THECOUPLE'S HOME MONDAY NIGHT.AND TRIED TO CONVINCE THE COUPLETHAT THEY KNEW THEM.MARK MAHAFFEY TOLD DEPUTIES HEWORKED FOR THE PREVIOUSHOMEOWNERS AND WANTED TO BUY ACAR THOSE PEOPLE OWNED.WELL DEPUTIES SAY THAT FAMILYMOVED 20 YEARS AGO, THE80-YEAR-OLD COUPLE SAYS THEYLIVED IN THE HOUSE LONGER THANTHAT.AND DIDN'T KNOW THE MEN.THEY CALLED THEIR GRANDSON.>> WRONG HOUSE.>> DEPUTIES WERE ON THEIR WAY WIMBROW AND WILLIAMS CIRCLED THEHOUSE FOUND THE MEN IN THE DRIVEWAY DREW THEIR WEAPONS AND MADETHEM GET ON THE GROUND.>> WE'RE LAW ABIDING CITIZENSTHAT HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARRY OURWEAPONS AND I'M GLAD I HAD MINETHAT DAY. . >> NOT SOMETHING I ENJOYED ATALL. . >> DEPUTIES SAY STATEMENTS GIVENBY THE MEN DIDN'T MATCH.IT'S UNCLEAR WHY THEY WERETHERE.NO DRUGS WERE FOUND BUT WILLIAMS SAYS MATERIAL USEDTO DO DRUGS WERE COLLECTED FROMTHE CAR THE MEN DROVE.>> THERE WAS A SYRINGE, A SPOONWITH OBVIOUS SUBSTANCE MELTED INIT AND A LITTLE POCKET SCALE. . >> THE MEN WERE ALL ARRESTED ANDCHARGED WITH BREACH OF PEACE.ONE OF THEM HAD AN OUTSTANDINGWARRANT.THE LESSON TO THIS STORY.>> JUST BE CAREFUL. COREY DAVIS, WYFF NEWS 4, IN

Neighbor, grandson hold 4 men at gunpoint to help couple in their 80s

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Updated: 6:40 AM CDT Apr 12, 2017

ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. —

A neighbor and grandson of a couple in their 80s held four men at gunpoint until deputies arrived Monday night in South Carolina.

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"Grandparents are all you got. They pick up the phone to say to come. You come," Nathan Wimbrow, grandson of the couple, said.

Wimbrow and neighbor, Michael Williams, held Mark Mahaffey, Brandon Garner, Javier Meniovich, and Fred Jones at gunpoint in the driveway of the couple's Easley home.

"It's just what you do for those who you really love," Williams said.

The couple didn't want to be identified for safety reasons but the incident report shows that the four men went into the couple's home and tried to convince the couple that they knew them.

Mahaffey told deputies he worked for the previous homeowner and wanted to buy a car those people owned.

Deputies reported that family moved 20 years ago.

The 80-year-old couple said they have lived in the house longer than that and didn't know the men.

They called their grandson before deputies arrived.

Wimbrow and Williams said they circled the house, found the men in the driveway, drew their weapons and made them get on the ground.

"We're law-abiding citizens that have the right to carry our weapons and I'm glad I had mine that day," Wimbrow said.

"Not something I enjoyed at all," Williams said. "Those folks are like family to me and my family was apparently in danger."

Deputies said statements given by the four men didn't match. It's unclear why they were there. No drugs were found, but Williams said material used to do drugs were collected from the car the men drove.

"There was a syringe, a spoon with obvious substance melted in it and a little pocket scale," Williams said.

The four men were arrested and charged with breach of peace for disturbing the homeowners and multiple neighbors, according to the incident report.